Digitivalva pulicariae

Digitivalva pulicariae is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Poland.^[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing from August to, after overwintering, May of the following year.^[3]

The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine initially has the form of a short corridor that starts at the midrib or the leaf base. It later becomes a whitish or brownish full depth blotch. The frass is deposited in irregularly dispersed grains. A single larva creates several mines. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a reticulate cocoon, under a leaf or among litter.^[4] The larvae are yellowish green with a brown head. They can be found from June to July.

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